5 weeks old and won't nap

[Colette0988]

My 5 week old has become very unsettled both day and night.
Yesterday she refused sleep despite trying multiple things to get a clearly exhausted baby off to sleep! She eventually napped at 1.30pm for 2 hours but that was it for the day!!!
I know she needs more sleep but she just constantly fights it, she won't sleep in a pram, will occasionally in a sling, no amount of rocking, white noise etc seems to help!
Any magic cures out there??? All she wants is the boob!!

I've got her sleeping at night again after 5 nights of constant screaming although with the amount of moving and noise she makes you would think she's awake! (This is with swaddling)

Gp thinks she could have reflux we started gaviscon yesterday so fingers crossed it may help?!?

My advice is don't worry about naps and enjoy your baby. The routine will come itself about 6/7 months. I'm saying this as someone who stressed about naps first time but was totally relaxed second time and both babies ended up with same routine. Congratulations, and enjoy your baby xxx

It's hard isn't it when you know they need the sleep and can see how tired they are.

My second was like this. Always needed a lot of help to get to sleep from day one, but it ramped up at around 5 weeks. Google the 5S's and Harvey Karp - sounds like you're doing all of it already though but it suggests a combination that is supposed to be the magic combination - side, swing, suck, swaddle and shhh.

I think I started using a sling to get her to sleep from about 6 or 7 weeks. She really didn't like it at first but after a little persistence started napping in it like a dream and used to go for hours.

If she wants the boob she might take a dummy for comfort (as long as you're sure it's not hunger). Equally it could be reflux....I've heard it plays awful havoc with their sleep in general.

My DD was like this at that age. So stressful isn’t it? You’ll be pleased to know that she grew out if it within a few weeks..... just hang in there as it’s a phase. Congratulations on baby xx

Has she always wanted the boob since birth or is this a new thing? Could it be a growth spurt if she wants feeding all the time?